There are many remarkable things about how the kickback scandal over clean energy grants played out at the legislature on Monday — the speed at which the NDP government was brought to its knees by a viral TikTok video, and the fact it had to do a mid-air flip-flop of its position to quell a surprising outburst of public anger, are two that stand out for sure.
That kind of political nonsense doesn’t work in the real world. Which is why New Democrats found themselves verbally dismantled by the straight-talking loggers who run Merritt-based Edison Motors, which manufactures North America’s only electric-powered logging trucks. Here’s Osborne with the spin: “Program staff called MNP, spoke to them about the rules of the program to ensure that they understood the rules.”
Osborne convened the media Monday morning to announce convenient new evidence had emerged that necessitated calling in the auditor general after all.